Wow, two series finales in two nights. Although I was not emotionally compromised by the series finale of 24 as I was with last night's finale of LOST, it was still pretty freaking awesome!
It is the end of an era for me when it comes to television. I can honestly say that there is not a single show on TV that I feel the need to cancel all things and drop off the face of the earth for an hour to watch. Yes I enjoy aspects of GLEE, mostly Sue Silvester and the musical parts, but it is a show I don't mind watching online later on. There are TV shows that I enjoy, don't get me wrong, but it's not the same as my enthrallment with LOST and 24.
There is something about these two shows that captured my imagination, took me on a wild ride, to another world for an hour every season. For one hour a week, sometimes two, I was able to put aside everything and escape from whatever was bothering me or not bothering me and enter a wholly different and sometimes extremely bizarre world on a mysterious island with mysterious people, or on a wild goose chase to stop the bad guys from killing millions of innocent people in the United States and around the world.
There is nothing like LOST or 24 for me. Though people will try to recreate these shows in their own way, I truly believe they will fail because the original is always the best.
So here's to an end of an era for me and television. Looks like I'll be doing a lot more reading from now on.
(Aside: So You Think You Can Dance is starting again this summer, so I will be watching one show on TV fanatically. After it's over for the session, all bets are off.)
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